Making Radio Against Most Odds
Imagine reporting in a culture that speaks a language your listeners don't understand, and covering issues your listeners don't totally care about - all in a country that doesn't even want you there in the first place.
Imagine reporting in a culture that speaks a language your listeners don't understand, and covering issues your listeners don't totally care about - all in a country that doesn't even want you there in the first place.
Add to this unforgiving news deadlines, and you've got the life of a foreign correspondent covering the Arab revolutions and their aftermath. NPR's Kelly McEvers shares her work and talks about how to tell memorable radio stories, despite limited resources on all fronts.
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Kelly McEvers (@kellymcevers) is the co-host of NPR's All Things Considered and the host of the NPR podcast Embedded.